William Briggs

William Briggs, M.D., born at Norwich, County of Norfolk, England, was an English physician and oculist. Following schooling at Norwich School he was entered at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, at age thirteen, under Thomas Tenison. He became a fellow of his college in 1668, and graduated M.A. in 1670. After some years spent in tuition and in studying medicine, he went to France and attended the lectures of Raymond Vieussens at Montpellier. To him Briggs dedicated his *Ophthalmographia*, an anatomical …